Epson’s popular thermal POS receipt printers now iOS compatible

RetailNOW 2013, LAS VEGAS, USA: Epson America Inc. announced that two of its most popular receipt printers, the TM-T88V and Mobilink P60II (both receipt and label versions), are now available in the company's Made for iOS (MFi) series, with Bluetooth connectivity for the iOS mobile operating system.

The new MFi printers allow retail and hospitality customers to take advantage of wireless printing from all handheld iDevice peripherals, including Apple's iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, connecting via the Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless networking standard. Bluetooth's open standard wireless communications protocol creates a stable, reliable connection and is a cost effective option for short-range transactions of up to 30 feet. Epson's new MFi products meet the skyrocketing customer demand for highly reliable, Bluetooth-based mobile printing from iDevices throughout retail stores and hospitality environments.

Epson has simplified the process required to secure Apple's approval for iOS Bluetooth applications. Epson's software development kits (SDK) are designed to shorten the development time required to implement mobile POS applications, enabling support for wireless POS printing from handheld peripherals. In addition, Epson has set up an approval process page in order to have applications for the printers approved and available on Apple's App Store or Apple B2B App Store.